Traditional New Years day meal for good luck
2024-01-01 - Harrodsburg, KY - Photo by Renea Watwon
Traditional meal for the New Year reaches back hundreds of years, but many do not practice the old ways in this new day. We do continue the traditions of our ancestors, but with a few modifications.
Our family brought in each January 1st with black eye peas, cabbage, fried jowl meat, and cornbread. That has not changed in 2024. There are a few slight changes: jowl bacon is served alongside country ham, the cabbage isn't fried but fried with onion and red pepper flakes in bacon drippings.
Ed always reminded me to take the photo first. I usually forget. But Mrs. Watson preserved this image before the noon-time meal. Leftovers in a few hours.
Happy 2024 to you all!! Comments | Permalink
2024-01-01 - Harrodsburg, KY - Photo by Renea Watwon
Traditional meal for the New Year reaches back hundreds of years, but many do not practice the old ways in this new day. We do continue the traditions of our ancestors, but with a few modifications.
Our family brought in each January 1st with black eye peas, cabbage, fried jowl meat, and cornbread. That has not changed in 2024. There are a few slight changes: jowl bacon is served alongside country ham, the cabbage isn't fried but fried with onion and red pepper flakes in bacon drippings.
Ed always reminded me to take the photo first. I usually forget. But Mrs. Watson preserved this image before the noon-time meal. Leftovers in a few hours.
Happy 2024 to you all!! Comments | Permalink
Birds of Kentucky: young American Eagle
2024-01-01 - South Central Kentucky - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com
This young American Eagle (we think) was perched high above the Chaplin River area on New Years eve where it could do some serious hunting. Eagles don't get their full white heads until they mature and this one still has some color. Comments | Permalink
2024-01-01 - South Central Kentucky - Photo by Linda Waggener, ColumbiaMagazine.com
This young American Eagle (we think) was perched high above the Chaplin River area on New Years eve where it could do some serious hunting. Eagles don't get their full white heads until they mature and this one still has some color. Comments | Permalink
Keepsakes and more await you at Adair Genealogy
2023-12-31 - Downtown Columbia, KY - Photo from Mike Watson
Make one of your New Years resolutions to enjoy the Adair Genealogy and History Center on Greensburg Street in Columbia. Find treasures like this keepsake holiday card, family information and so much more. For information: adairgenealogy@gmail.com or call 270.380.1024 or check out the FaceBook pages: Adair Genealogical Society; Adair, Cumberland, and Metcalfe County KY Genealogy and History; or Adair County Public Library. Comments | Permalink
2023-12-31 - Downtown Columbia, KY - Photo from Mike Watson
Make one of your New Years resolutions to enjoy the Adair Genealogy and History Center on Greensburg Street in Columbia. Find treasures like this keepsake holiday card, family information and so much more. For information: adairgenealogy@gmail.com or call 270.380.1024 or check out the FaceBook pages: Adair Genealogical Society; Adair, Cumberland, and Metcalfe County KY Genealogy and History; or Adair County Public Library. Comments | Permalink
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